Saturday, April 19, 2008

Officials Will Face Jail for Deforestation: Authority [- All talk, no action!]

The government of Cambodia?

By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
18 April 2008


Any government official associated with clearing the forest for the sale of land faces imprisonment, a land dispute authority said Thursday.

“Any officials, commune chiefs or ‘oknha’ will be punished, even if there is no corruption law,” said Khieu Sorn, a Funcinpec parliamentarian who is also a member of the National Land Dispute Authority.

They will not be allowed to let people destroy the forest, Khieu Sorn said, as a guest on “Hello VOA” Thursday.

A caller to the show, Huot Sambath, from Oddar Meanchey province, said the districts of Anlong Veng and Tra Pearng Prasath were facing mass deforestation for the sale of land.

Cambodia Center for Human Rights investigator Ing Kong Chit, who was also a guest Thursday, acknowledged that land clearing was happening now in many areas, most recently in Koh Kralor, Battambang province.

Khieu Sorn said local authorities have the responsibility to inform people about land certificate and ownership to avoid problems.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Three CPP (Communist Pro youn Party) monkeys :

ah Hun Sen, ah Chea Sim, ah Heng Samrin


អាស្វាទាំងបី នៃគណបក្សកុំមុយនិស្តបំរើយួន៖

អាហ៊ុន សែន, អាជា ស៊ីម, អាហេង សំរិន

Anonymous said...

one of reforms cambodia ought to implement is the impunity law. in the west, even president get impeached and senators get arrested. cambodia, please lead by examples. thank you.

Anonymous said...

Who are these monkeys?!

It must be the three stooges: the former king and his son and Sam Rainsy.

I call this a perfect illustration of the aforementions individuals.

Thanks, gorillas!

Anonymous said...

Under the rule of these three monkies, Cambodia will be very soon like Tibet before 1959.
-Ruling classes 10% own all lands, rivers, mountains and all national resourses and all slaveries.
-Monks 5% got foods from ruling classes and will support the ruling classes
-Slaveries classes 85%. No land, no house, no school. they will be all slaveries for exporting to South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam for homemaids, protitudes.
Time is very short for them to rebel themselves for a social change and social justice and land reform. They have to catch these monkies and keep them in a strong case and stop them mating for a better Cambodia. Areak Prey